{"id":45342,"date":"2013-08-28T12:14:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T12:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=45342"},"modified":"2013-08-28T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T12:14:04","slug":"3-free-alternatives-to-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/3-free-alternatives-to-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Free Alternatives to Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>3 Free Alternatives to Skype<\/h3>\n<p>By MakeTechEasier.com<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">3 alternatives to Skype that offer superior audio\/video communication quality &#8211; for free.<br \/>&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to audio or video communication through the Internet, Skype is the one that most people have heard of and are using. However, other than Skype, there are other similar services that also provide audio\/video communication features. In this article, we will look into some free apps which offer better audio\/video communication than Skype.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VSee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VSee is a video conferencing and screen sharing service which works very similar to Skype. VSee uses less bandwidth and offers higher quality video and audio as compared to Skype. The greatest advantage of VSee over any other video communication service is that the users can share their screen with other users and use annotation tools for meetings and discussions.<\/p>\n<p>The free version of VSee supports only one screen share per day with unlimited group video calls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maketecheasier.com\/alternative-to-skype\/2013\/08\/20\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt is shared with permission from maketecheasier.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/skypealt150.jpg\" alt=\"skypealt150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45344\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3 alternatives to Skype that offer superior audio\/video communication quality &#8211; for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2712],"class_list":["post-45342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maketecheasier-com","tag-skype"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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